Representation of the People Act
- Representation of the People Act
Representation of the People Act can refer to the following acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:
* Representation of the People Act 1832
* Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832
* Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832
* Representation of the People Act 1867
* Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868
* Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868
* Representation of the People Act 1884
* Representation of the People Act 1918
* Representation of the People Act 1928
* Representation of the People Act 1948
* Representation of the People Act 1969
* Representation of the People Act 1981
* Representation of the People Act 1983
* Representation of the People Act 1985
* Representation of the People Act 2000
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Representation of the People Act 1918 — The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act.Following the horrors of World War I, millions of returning soldiers… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 2000 — The Representation of the People Act 2000 changes the British electoral process in the following ways: * Amends the 1983 Representation of the People Act. * Introduces postal voting on demand . * Allows psychiatric hospitals to be used as a… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1989 — The Representation of the People Act 1989 is an act by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It extended the time that a British citizen could have lived abroad and still vote from 5 years to 20 years, and extended this right to people who were… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1983 — The Representation of the People Act 1983 changed the British electoral process in the following ways:* Amended the 1969 Representation of the People Act. * Stated that a convicted person cannot vote at any parliamentary or local election whilst… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1948 — The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It prohibited graduates of universities (such as Oxford and Cambridge) from voting for a second MP to represent a university constituency.The… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1985 — The Representation of the People Act 1985 was a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law. The Act allows British citizens who are resident outside the United Kingdom to qualify as… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1928 — The Representation of the People Act 1928 is an act of parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the act of the same name of a decade earlier. It widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men women were now able to… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1969 — The Representation of the People Act 1969 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament. It extended suffrage to 18 20 year olds. Previously only those 21 or over were permitted to vote. Votes were extended to undergraduate students in their university… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1981 — The Representation of the People Act 1981 provides (a) for the disqualification of any person who is detained anywhere in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland (or who is unlawfully at large at any time when he would otherwise be… … Wikipedia
Representation of the People Act 1990 — The Representation of the People Act 1990 (RPA 1990) added a minor amendment to previous Acts. The act allowed a person no longer resident at their qualifying address or at any other address in the same area to be eligible for an absentee vote… … Wikipedia
